24 best-selling nonfiction books like Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business by Josh Noel

Cover of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business by Josh Noel

Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

By: Josh Noel

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient  Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago…

"Individually, the changes were small; together they became something significant."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"Times were good at Goose Island. They couldn't make enough beer! But they were also dire. They couldn't make enough beer."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"But no matter how good the beer, how many honors or awards, how innovative Goose Island would ever be again, someone deep in the crowd would always boo."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"American beer drinkers had been conditioned to believe they were choosing Anheuser-Busch's beer, but that was only half true; Anheuser-Busch had left them few other options."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

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Cover of The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by Neil Howe, William Strauss

1. The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

By: Neil Howe , William Strauss

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
Cover of 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Kevin Flynn, Jim Dwyer

2. 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Kevin Flynn , Jim Dwyer

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morni… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

3. Michael Jordan: The Life

By: Roland Lazenby

4.31

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of a legendary athleteThe Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football by S.C. Gwynne

4. The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year In the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball , … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

By: Richard Rhodes

4.39

Format: 886 pages, Paperback

Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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6. Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

By: Bob Rotella

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman

7. I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

From New York Timesbestselling author, "one of America's top cultural critics" (Entertainment Weekl… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer

8. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

By: James D. Hornfischer

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer by William Knoedelseder

9. Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer

By: William Knoedelseder

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

"Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty. … read more

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  • history
  • beer
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty

10. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

By: Stephan Talty

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing by Charles W. Bamforth

11. Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing

By: Charles W. Bamforth

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Charles Bamforth, who has been described as "one of the two or three brewing scientists of his gene… read more

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  • brewing
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • beer

12. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

By: Deborah Blum

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more

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13. Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

By: None

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Personal tales of perseverance and beer making from the founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.Beyond … read more

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14. The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution

By: Tom Acitelli

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

In 1975, there was a single craft brewery in the United States; today there are more than 2,000. A … read more

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15. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

By: Jake Adelstein

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more

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16. Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey

By: Reid Mitenbuler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How bourbon came to be, and why it's experiencing such a revival today Unraveling the many myths an… read more

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17. The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation

By: Richard Rohr , None

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Invitation to a Dance The Trinity is supposed to be the central, foundational doctrine of our entir… read more

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18. Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament

By: Peter Enns

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this accessible study, Peter Enns offers an evangelical affirmation of biblical authority that c… read more

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Cover of The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War by John "Chick" Donohue

19. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

By: John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

20. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports by Joshua  Robinson

21. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
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"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

22. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

23. The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski

4.74

Format: 869 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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Cover of Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Bradley Hope

24. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power

By: Bradley Hope

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last by Wright Thompson

25. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

By: Wright Thompson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more

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  • history
  • food
  • alcohol
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"

-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

Cover of Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

26. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of The Fourth Turning Is Here: by Neil Howe

27. The Fourth Turning Is Here:

By: Neil Howe

3.96

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more

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  • history
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Cover of Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith  O'Brien

28. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

By: Keith O'Brien

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air ra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor by Scott Janish

29. The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor

By: Scott Janish

4.43

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

In the NEW IPA, Scott Janish scours through hundreds of academic studies, collecting and translatin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • brewing
  • beer
Cover of The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game by Tim          Brown

30. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

By: Tim Brown

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business by Josh Noel

31. Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

By: Josh Noel

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient  Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago… read more

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  • food and drink
  • history
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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • alcohol
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"Individually, the changes were small; together they became something significant."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"Times were good at Goose Island. They couldn't make enough beer! But they were also dire. They couldn't make enough beer."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"But no matter how good the beer, how many honors or awards, how innovative Goose Island would ever be again, someone deep in the crowd would always boo."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

"American beer drinkers had been conditioned to believe they were choosing Anheuser-Busch's beer, but that was only half true; Anheuser-Busch had left them few other options."

-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

19 must-read audiobook books like Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business by Josh Noel

Transform Your Habits

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

Kevin Flynn , Jim Dwyer

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football

S.C. Gwynne

4.39

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Richard Rhodes

4.39

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John J. Palmer

4.43

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New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers

Gregory J. Noonan

3.81

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For The Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops (Brewing Elements)

Stan Hieronymus

4.13

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Mary Beard

3.59

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